Improvement in boeing-tools



ALBERT WIPPO, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.-

Letters .Patent No. 72,436, dated December 17, 1867.

- IMPROVEMENT IN BORING-TOOLS.

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TO ALL'WHOM IT`MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ALBERT WIPPO, of Chicago, in the county of Cook, andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Tool for FittingCasters to Furniture; and I do hereby declare and make known that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and the figures and lettersmarked thereon, which form part of this specification. Y

My said invention relates to a device for trimming oli' and forming intothe proper shape the legs orisupports of furniture, so that casters canreadily be applied and secured thereto, having reference to that kind ofcasters which are provided with a socket to receive the end of theleg-o1" support, and not to that kind which enter into a recess in theend of the leg, as hereinafter more fullyv set forth; said tool beingcomposed of cutters, a'bit to bore the hole to receive the shank of theeaster, and a suitable stock, t'owhich said-parts are attached, and bymeans of which they are operated, as hereinafter described.

- lTo enable those skilled inthe art to understand howto make and usemy'invention, I will "proceed to describe the same with particularity,making reference, in so doing,l t0 the aforesaid drawings, in which-Figure 1 represents a sido view of my said invention. I Figure 2`is anend view thereof, the cutter being shown in dotted lines; and Figure 3is a longitudinal central section ofthe same. Similar letters ofreference in the several figures denote the same partsl of my invention.A represents the stock to which the parts hereinafter described areattached, being provided with a shank,

a, which i's fitted in the shaft or other device, whereby said stock Amay be revolved as' desired. In the 'end' of' i said stock A, a circularcavity, C, is provided, of a depth equal to the length of fitting uponthe leg of the furniture, and of a diameter suicient to admit the end ofthe leg to be trimmed'. There is an angular slot or recess in theperimeter, marked D, as seen in 5g. 2, in which the knife E is securedby means of screws d passing through' slots c c in the said knife, so asto permit 'the adjustment of the knife in or out, as may be desired. Theedge of the knife is in form a right angle, the cutter c forming theshoulder 71 and the cutter bcutting down the furniture-leg to thereqzxredsize, asindicated at g, in iig. 3. At the centre of said stockA, in a line with its axis, a'bit, B, projects, as shown, which may bepermanently fastened in or to the stock A, or' may be removably sec'nredthereto, as may be preferred. The object of this bit is to bore the holef in the foot of the support to receive the shank of the caster.

I am aware that tools have been constructed to bore ont the' recess inthe ends of piano-legs, and such tool I do not claim; but I v What I doclaim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The above-described tool for shaping the ends ofthe legs of furniture,constructed to operate substantially in the malnner and for the purposeset forth. v ALBERT WIPPO.

Witnesses:

W. E1 Manns, L. L: COBURN.

